Chapter 4: The Battle of Qicheng

"This sword is really domineering, Brother Zongzheng, if you don't like it, give it to me. Lu Hua looked at the sword, his eyes full of joy.

Zong Zheng looked at Lu Hua, "Aren't you curious, why did I know to go to the shop that sells chili noodles first?"

"You know, it's just to buy chili noodles, to fascinate the enemy's eyes, and to reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness, and it just so happens that the shopkeeper is the shopkeeper of this batch of goods. Lu Hua flicked the middle of the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword, and the trembling of the sword made a buzzing sound.

"The body of this sword is made of dark iron, and the steel is like clay, so it can have this sound. And I did my research in advance, and I found out that the store owner had the password to pick up the goods, and what you said was only one of the reasons. How can this kind of thing be carried out blindly, it is all done in advance, after planning the process, it is implemented, I originally thought that after helping this bandit do a vote, and then let the bandit do this ticket, it just so happens that the bandit wants to rob, and this is the same batch of goods. Zong Zheng stroked the sword body of the Red Flame Heaven Slaying Sword.

"Zongzheng, come into the house!" Lu Yuqi's voice came from inside the house.

"Got it! After Zong Zheng answered, he asked the Lu Hua brothers and sisters to put away the Chiyan Heaven Slayer Sword and walked into the house by themselves.

"Come, Zongzheng, you sit here. Ma Huixing asked Zong Zheng to sit next to her.

"Uncle, aunt, tell me something. Zong Zheng sat down on the chair, his arms folded on the table, and looked at Lu Yuqi and his wife.

"Here, this is the world map and immortal cultivation book that your grandmother passed on to your mother, and it is the same as the art of war and martial arts cheats you used to have. I'll give him to you now, by the way, and the jade pendant left by your father Zong Zhenghan, let's give it to you together. Lu Yuqi put things on the table.

"Thank you uncle and aunt for taking care of you over the years, regardless of blood relationship, you are my biological parents, and I will definitely live a life of human beings. Zong Zheng put away his things and looked at the jade pendant was pink and was chased by nine dragons in a circle, and there were five unicorns in the circle running towards the sun in the middle, lifelike.

"Is Mr. Lu at home?" said a man's voice in the courtyard.

"Brother, it's from the government, what should I do?" Lu Yue ran into the house, and Lu Hua also walked in.

"Father, I feel like I'm looking for you, so let's go and greet you as a family. Zong Zheng put the things in the cabinet and walked to Lu Yuqi.

"Why did you come to our house for no reason? Let's go, go out and have a look. Lu Yuqi walked into the courtyard, and Zongzheng and the others also came out.

At this time, the sky had already darkened, and I looked at it vaguely, and in front of me was a middle-aged man in an official uniform, and behind him there were more than a dozen people wearing armor with the same sword hanging from their right waist.

"I am the master of this courtyard, dare to ask when the adults will find Xiaomin?" Lu Yuqi bowed, and Zongzheng and they also followed his example.

"Presumably this is Ling Gongzi, I heard that he can read and hyphenate words when he has just learned to speak since he was a child, look at this tiger's back and bear waist, he should be strong in martial arts, right?" This middle-aged man in official uniform is the city lord of Qicheng on the border of the Song Kingdom, in charge of the size of Qicheng, walked up to Lu Hua and patted his right shoulder.

"Dare to ask my lord, isn't there something about my brother that has disturbed you? Or should I let my brother go to join the army?" Zong Zheng felt that the city lord had something to say, because he knew that the person the city lord was talking about, if it was just to let him go to join the army, he would not come so late, if he knew about today's pick-up, he should not be polite at this time, he should be arrested and interrogated. That's why I asked the city lord in guiding language.

"You have clear eyebrows, delicate skin, and a slender figure, could it be that you are Mr. Lu's eldest son, Lu Hua?"

"Hello adults, I am Zongzheng, and he is Lu Hua. Zong Zheng pointed at Lu Hua.

"You are Zongzheng!" Mr. Lu, I have something important to ask the little brother Zongzheng to go back to my city lord's mansion to discuss, do you think it's okay?"

"My lord, please, it's my child's honor, if there is anything offended, please Haihan!" Lu Yuqi clasped his hands into fists.

"Then let's go first!Uncle and aunt, please go back to the house!" Zong Zheng said and motioned to the city lord to go to his mansion.

"Brother, I'll go too, I think this time there is more luck and less luck. Lu Hua walked to Zong Zheng's side.

"Little Brother Lu Hua, I'm too worried, Brother Zongzheng and I are related to the survival of Qicheng, don't worry. The lord replied with a smile.

"Brother, don't worry, I'll go back, don't worry!" Zong Zheng followed the city lord out of the courtyard after speaking.

Zongzheng and the city lord walked into the council hall of the castle lord's mansion, there was a table in the middle of the chamber, there were wooden chairs on the left and right sides, and there were eight chairs on each side of the middle hall.

The lord of the castle sat on the innermost right chair and asked Somasa to sit on the chair to the left of his table.

"What do adults need to be small?" said Somasa with his hands on his knees.

"Stand down, all of you!" the lord told the soldiers to exit the council chamber.

"Brother Zongzheng, do you know the art of war?" the city lord put his left hand on the table and looked at Zongzheng.

"Understand! What's the matter, my lord?" Zong Zheng was a little worried, if the robbery was discovered by him, he shouldn't be so polite, but it was related to Lu Hua saying that it was for the survival of Qi City, what was going on, and he was entangled.

The city lord suddenly knelt in front of Zong Zheng, and Zong Zheng hurriedly stood up and went to support the city lord.

"My lord, hurry up, this is a small one. ”

"I have something to ask Brother Zongzheng, the time has come for Qicheng to survive, for the sake of the people of Qicheng, please ask Brother Zongzheng to come to the rescue. "The lord of the city was helped up by Zongzheng.

"Speak, sir, the little ones will do their best to help. Zong Zheng put down the hand that was holding the city lord.

"It's such a brother, you sit down first, and we'll talk slowly. The city lord and the sect sat back in their chairs.

"Song Guojun is the brother of the first emperor of the Jin State, both of them were the first choice of the heir to the throne of the Jin State, but unfortunately the Song Guojun had no intention of fighting for the throne, so he asked for eighteen cities to establish the Song State, the first emperor of the Jin State died last year, the new successor to the emperor will attack the Song State to recover the territory, send 30,000 horses are expected to arrive in Qicheng at noon tomorrow, there are only 800 soldiers in the city, we have sent people to the capital of Tokyo to inform the elderly Song Emperor that there are only 10,000 horses in the country, even if the reinforcements arrive, there is no chance of victory, Qicheng is a frontier city, talent is exhausted, I learned that the Zongzheng brothers do not need other people's education, but they can read the words, and only then said that they understand the art of war, if the Zongzheng brothers can relieve the siege of Qicheng, I will tell the monarch to be promoted to the rank of knight, and I am willing to worship the Zongzheng brothers as brothers. The more the city lord spoke, the more excited he became.

"My lord, are you willing to obey my command?" Somasa stood up.

"I am willing to listen to the dispatch of the Zongzheng brothers. The lord of the castle also stood up.

"That's good! 800 against 30,000, it's definitely impossible. So let's send 200 men to prepare a large amount of dry and wet firewood, and pile them up three miles outside the door, and when the enemy comes, they will light the dry firewood, and when the wet wood is burned, there will be a lot of smoke, and tomorrow at noon there will be a strong wind, and the direction of the wind will just blow to the enemy. When the day is over, we will take possession, and then send two hundred men to take advantage of the enemy's long journey, exhausted, to carry out a surprise attack, by the way, get a few sets of enemy clothes, lure the enemy to the front of the city, and the smoke of the lighted dry and wet wood will blow to the enemy, so that the enemy cannot open his eyes, let's turn our backs to the smoke, cover our faces, and it is easier to cut and kill the enemy. Then send 200 people to find the place where the grain and grass of the enemy camp are, tie oil-soaked cotton bales in front of the bow and arrows, shoot them into the grain and grass, and there is a strong wind that will definitely burn them all, take advantage of the chaos to let our people put on the clothes of the enemy, and falsely spread the holy decree of the emperor of the Jin State to ask the marshal to transfer the army to the frontier, saying that the Tang State has attacked the frontier and can go to support. Zong Zheng walked back and forth in the council chamber.

"Brother Zongzheng, there are a few things wrong, it is not difficult to make false holy decrees and fake fonts, but this time it is Yelu Zhongyi, one of the four generalissimos of the Jin Kingdom, he has fought countless battles, and the grain and grass are placed next to his handsome camp to guard, and even if the smoke at the gate of the city blows towards the enemy, we have the advantage, but more than 200 people can't resist for long, if the enemy sends 5,000, we can't hold it. The lord of the castle followed after him.

"Tell the people in the city in the morning that they will conduct military exercises for a day, so as to avoid panic among the people, and when the enemy's clothes come back, we will put on and blend into the barracks, and go to the camp to burn the grain and grass, and take advantage of the chaos to escape, then we will make the smoke outside the city bigger, and use the enemy to cut and kill at a distance, and shoot at the enemy with bows and arrows wrapped in oil-soaked cotton bales at a distance, and wait for as long as the false holy decree comes, and if they believe it, they will withdraw the army, and if they don't believe it, we will think of other ways, after all, 800 to 30,000 is too much disparity. Zong Zheng turned to look at the city lord.

"That's all there is to it. "The lord walked out of the council hall to arrange all the things to be prepared this time.

"I went home to tell my aunts and uncles that they were safe. Zong Zheng said to himself.

After walking out of the council chamber, he walked to the gate of the city lord's mansion and told the two soldiers who were guarding the gate that they would go home and come tomorrow morning, and let them tell the city lord.

Zong Zheng walked to the courtyard of his house, saw that the candles in the house had not been extinguished, and knew that the whole family was worried about his safety.

Push open the door and "I'm back!" Tomorrow, the Jin Congress will send 30,000 troops to attack Qicheng, and the city lord will ask me for a strategy to control the enemy, which will make my family worried. ”

"I'm scared to death, how many people are there in our Qicheng?" Lu Yue ran to Zong Zheng's side and took his hands.

"Eight hundred!" Zong Zheng looked at Lu Yue in front of him.

"What? 800 against 30,000? Zongzheng, this is impossible, let's get out of here. After Lu Yuqi finished speaking, he was about to pack his things.

"Uncle, don't panic, I already have a good plan, and the danger of Qicheng can be solved. Zong Zheng broke away from Lu Yue's hands, went to the table and poured a glass of water, drank it all, and sat down.

"Nonsense, uncle knows that you are familiar with the art of war, but the enemy is a marshal who has commanded 30,000 battle-hardened battles, and you have no actual combat experience, as long as there is a flaw that is seen by the enemy, you will lose everything. Lu Yuqi was very anxious.

"What I want is not a miracle of 800 to 30,000, I will definitely get what I want, and I will also gamble this time. Zong Zheng looked at everyone in the room.

"You're gambling with 800 soldiers and the people of the whole city, are you crazy?" Lu Hua sat on the chair next to Zong Zheng.

I want to stand at the highest point of this world and look down on the world. This is just the first battle that I have proved to myself, I must win, I will not give up, you can rest assured. After Zong Zheng finished speaking, he took off his shoes and fell asleep on the kang.

"If something happens, how are we going to explain it to his parents? Ma Huixing sighed.

"Life and death are fateful, and wealth is in the sky. Who knows which cloud will rain? Men should set up a will to kill heaven, and they will not regret leaving the world in this life. Let's sleep. Lu Yuqi and the others also went to sleep on the kang.

Knock, knock, knock knock.

"Brother Zongzheng, I'm Zhao Congjun, open the door!" The city lord outside the gate knocked on the door of Zongzheng's house.

"Who is Zhao Congjun?" Zong Zheng rubbed his eyes that hadn't opened yet.

"Oh, Zhao Congjun is the city lord, hurry up!" Lu Yuqi finished speaking, and the whole family hurriedly got up and dressed.

Zong Zheng opened the door, "I'm sorry, my lord, I'm getting up late." Let's wait a minute, I'll go get my weapon. ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Don't worry, let's go back to the mansion and prepare for the battle after eating, hey, Brother Zongzheng, the jade pendant you wear hanging down from your waist is so strange, nine dragons are surrounded by a circle, and there are five unicorns in the middle?" Zhao Congjun looked at the jade pendant on Zongzheng's waist.

Zong Zheng ignored Zhao Congjun, walked to the backyard, took out the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword out of the box, wrapped it in cloth, and tied it behind him.

"Let's go. Lord Zhao is ready, right?" Zong Zheng walked to the front of the house and walked out of the courtyard with Zhao Congjun.

"I'll be ready to act after eating in the house. Zhao Congjun walked in front of Zongzheng.

After breakfast, Zong Zheng and Zhao Congjun walked on the city wall, looking at the long pyre set up in the distance outside the city.

After a while, a group of Qicheng soldiers desperately ran to the pyre, and from a distance behind, a dense group of Jinguo soldiers rushed over, and then the Qicheng soldiers lit the pyre.

"Here, this is the armor of the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, these hundred soldiers will blend into the enemy camp with you and set fire to the enemy's grain and grass camp. Zhao Congjun handed Zong Zheng a piece of armor.

After putting on the armor, Zongzheng looked at the soldiers who had already put on the clothes of the enemy army, and led the soldiers out of the city from the road that had been left unattended when they robbed the goods before, and ran a long way before they saw the enemy camp.

"Stop!" what is it?" asked the soldiers on the wooden tower at the gate of the camp asked Zongzheng not far away.

"We are coming back from Qicheng, and the city is about to be captured in front, so let's go back to the camp first. "Zongzheng and they walked under the sentry tower.

"Let's go in!" said the soldier on the tower, putting down the bow that had arrows in his hand.

Zong Zheng swaggered into the enemy camp with the soldiers, Zong Zheng looked at the neat soldiers behind him, and wondered where Zhao Congjun got these enemy clothes, if he killed the enemy army, it would be impossible to take them off, these are all new clothes, and Qi Cheng really killed so many people, Jin Guo should find out.

It turned out that the city lord Zhao Congjun found a group of tailors and craftsmen last night and built it overnight, and told them that there was a military exercise imitating the siege of the Jin Kingdom today.

The enemy camp was too wide, and Zongzheng and the others walked a long way before they came to the vicinity of the shuai camp, and after seeing the situation of the surrounding grain and grass camp, they signaled the soldiers to move separately.

The soldiers scattered one after another, cautiously ran to all corners of the grain and grass camp, and lit fires one after another.

Smoke billowed from all sides of the grain and grass camp, biased towards the sky.

On the gate of Qicheng, Zhao Congjun looked at the thick smoke rising from the sky of the enemy camp.

"Okay, Brother Zongzheng has succeeded, quickly send someone to put on the clothes of the enemy army and send the false holy decree. ”

Zhao Congjun looked at the soldiers who had been resisting outside the city for a long time, and they couldn't see clearly because of the smoke from the pyre.

Behind him, a dusty soldier walked up behind Zhao Congjun, "Qi Qi City Lord, the entire army outside the city has been wiped out." ”

Zhao Congjun watched the enemy troops outside the city rush to the city.

"Quick, the archers hurriedly released their arrows, and scattered the thousands of packets of pepper noodles prepared by Zongzheng on the soldiers below. Zhao Congjun hurriedly commanded.

And Zongzheng's side was also preparing to retreat, and saw a person walking out of the Shuai camp, followed by a group of generals behind him.

"What's going on, what's on fire?" shouted the man at the front of the barracks' door.

"I'm afraid this is Yelu Zhongyi, one of the four generalissimos of the Jin Kingdom, who captures the thief and captures the king first. Zong Zheng took out a piece of black cloth from his arms, covered his face, and untied the cloth wrapped in the Red Flame Heaven Sword behind his back.

Holding the scabbard in his left hand, he drew his sword with his right hand and rushed towards Yelu Zhongyi.

"Yelu Zhongyi, take your life!" Zong Zheng said as he slashed at Yelu Zhongyi with red flames.

Yelu Zhongyi raised the long knife in his hand, and planned to block Zongzheng's sword horizontally.

Who knew that the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword cut off Yelu Zhongyi's long knife, scraped out sparks on his armor, and scraped out a long hole in his armor.

Zong Zheng drew his sword and stabbed at Yelu Zhongyi again, surrounded by more than a dozen generals behind him, these generals' weapons were like paper in the collision of the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword, and they broke one after another, and even several generals were killed by Zong Zheng.

"Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword!Nine Dragons Five Qilin Emperor Jade!Who the hell are you!How can you have these things!" Yelu Zhongyi looked at the sword in the hand of Zong Zheng, who was fighting with the generals, and the jade pendant on his waist.